Police standoff in Rogers Park ends

Chicago Fire Department Paramedics load a man into an ambulance following a standoff in the 1200 block of west Morse Avenue.

Chicago Fire Department Paramedics load a man into an ambulance following a standoff in the 1200 block of west Morse Avenue. (Joel Kowsky, for the Tribune)

Staff report

A standoff between police and a man in a Far North Side condominium building has ended.

A SWAT team was called around 12:25 p.m. to the 1200 block of West Morse Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood, according to Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan. A man was taken out on a stretcher and residents of the building were allowed to leave their apartments again a little after 2 p.m., a witness said.

Officers successfully negotiated with the man who willingly complied, ending this incident about 2:50 p.m., News Affairs Officer Daniel O'Brien said. The one other person in the home was not harmed, O'Brien added.